Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



No. 844,832. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907,

- S. SZNUTUHKO.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC). 20, 1006.

SAMUEL SZNUTCHKO, OF OAKDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed December 20, 1906. Serial No. 348,782.

- certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties andRail-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inmetallic ties and railfasteners; and the invention has for its object toprovide a simple and inexpensive inetallic tie to which rails can beeasily and quickly fastened.

My invention aims to dispense with the ordinary wooden tie or sleeperand provide a more durable tie wherein the use of spikes is dispensedwith and more positive means provided for preventing the displacement ofa rail.

To this end I have devised a tie having integral and detachablefasteners; also, a novel chair for securing the confronting ends of twosections of rails together.

. The detail construction of my improved metallic tie and rail-fastenerwill be presently described and then specifically pointed out in theappended claim.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improvedtie and rail-fastener. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section. Fig. 3is a perspective view of a detachable fastener. Fig. 4 is across-sectional view of a chair employed for securing the confrontingends of two sections of rails together. Fig. 5 is a perspective view ofa locking-bolt used in connection with the chair illustrated in Fig. 4,and Fig. 6 is a detail sectional View of a portion of the same.

My improved tie comprises a metallic structure 1, having integralfasteners 2 adapted to lie over the base-flanges 3 of rails 4. Thefasteners 2 hold the rails 4 from lateral displacement in one direction,while detachable fasteners prevent lateral displacement in the oppositedirection. The detachable fasteners 5 are provided with dependingrectangular shanks 6, adapted to pass through openings 7 in the tie.'lhe ties are recessed adjacent to their ends, as at 7, to permit ofeasy access being had to the shanks 6 of the detachable fasteners 5. Thelower ends of the shanks 6 are recessed, as at 1, and in said recessesare mounted spring-held latches 2, these latches being adapted to recedewhen the fasteners are passed through the openings 7 of the tie andassume their normal position when the fasteners have been correctlypositioned, the latches preventing the fasteners from becoming displacedwith relation to the tie.

In connection with the tie and fasteners just described I employ a chairfor securing together the confronting ends of two sections of rails. Thechair 10 has fish-plates 11 to engage the web portions of the rails 4and support the head of said rails. The rails are secured within thechair 10 by locking-bolts 12, said bolts passing through the fish-plates11 and the web portions of the rails and having latches 2" similar tothe fasteners 5.

My invention particularly resides in the novel construction of themetallic tie and its rail-fasteners, said fasteners preventing thespreading of rails, and thereby reducing the number of accidentsheretofore incurred by defective track construction.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A metallic tie and rail-fastener embodying a structure having recessesformed in its sides, fasteners carried by the top of said structure,detachable fasteners alining with the first-mentioned fasteners, shankscarried by said detachable fasteners and extending into said recesses,spring-held latches mounted in said shanks and adapted to lock saiddetachable fasteners in engagement with said tie.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

SAMUEL SZNUTCI-IKO. l/Vitnesses:

K. II. BUTLER, MAX H. Snorovrrz.

